kitkat77

You have to choose them individually, and unless Delta IT has messed up again and allows you to choose more than one, I doubt this approach would work.

I can't even redeem mine online as they wrote it as FirstMiddle Last, instead of First Middle Last, and somewhere in there Delta updated my profile from one to the other. I'll likely have to call to get it to work.

jackal

LOL! Oops, for whatever reason I was thinking this thread was in the Alaska Airlines forum. My bad! Ignore me.

I really should unsubscribe from this thread...no idea why I'm subscribed to it, as I don't (usually) fly DL, and this is the second time it has tripped me up...

RFDMinnesota

VDB'ed for 600 + 25 food voucher "gift card" think on 3/9 on the nonstop MSP-SJU
Second passenger received as well... It'll be nice since it was a full Y fare!

N639DL

Hello from DL1401 BOS-ATL

The kiosk asked me if I wanted to bid to volunteer. I am heading to PBI, and could've gone on the 7:15a flight and still made my connection. I put $300 seeing that as a fair price.

GAs were soliciting at the gate for $300 as well. I didn't bother going up since I had already entered a bid at the kiosk. The GA called me up, mentioned that she could put me on the 7:15a flight to ATL, but there would be no comp since I would still be able to make my original connection in ATL. She said it was up to me. I chose to stuck on the flight I was on since there was no comp available.

sorka

Let's say I get 2 VDB of $300 each. If I understand correctly, there is only 2 ways to redeem those:
- If I travel alone, I can only redeem 1 VDB at a time
- If I travel with someone, I can each redeem 1 VDB for my ticket and one VDB for my friend's ticket (both VDB under my name) as long as I reserved both tickets at the same time?

If I redeem miles for an award ticket, can i apply 1 of my VDB for my friend who is traveling with me (with a paid ticket)?

stils

Make my connection shorter risking possibly missing it if something goes wrong and then not pay me for it? Thanks but no thanks. Good luck finding someone else to do it for free. I appreciate them trying to move people around in the cheapest way possible but seeing as they don't have to move you on any other flights this seems like a no brainer rather than having to completely redo someone else's itinerary. I'm wondering if they found someone else to do it for free.

MSPeconomist

You also lose the seat you've picked. I wouldn't do it for free unless it gave me a confirmed upgrade, a better aircraft type (RJ to mainline, lounger to flat bed, etc.), or maybe a nonstop.

flyertalk77

Yes, you're correct. But buy your own ticket with the voucher and use points to buy your friend's ticket. This way, you would earn miles/MQMs unless you want to give that away too.

Here's the rule:

sorka

Thanks. Two additional questions

1) If i buy a refundable ticket of $500 and use a VDB of $300: by cancelling the ticket, the would refund me the $200 and give back the same VDB of $300?

2) If i buy a no-change-fee ticket of $500 and use a VDB of $300: if i chance the ticket for a ticket that would now cost $300 more, would I be able to trick the system and apply a 2nd VDB?

sethb

First, you should have gone up earlier; kiosk bids are pretty meaningless.

Second, you could have pointed out the increased risk of missing your connection if the flight is delayed, and used that to request some compensation.

ffj

Was in a situation that the flight was oversold from DTW to MSP. I was heading to Rochester, MN via MSP. They asked for volunteers, so I gave them my itinerary. They then offered a direct flight and no comp. I passed. Twenty minutes later, when no volunteers came forward, they called me up and gave me $400. If they were going to have to comp someone, might as make it an easy reroute. I attribute this to bad decision-making a few level above the GAs; penny-wise, pound-foolish.

kitkat77

I'll piggyback on the voucher questions...

If I have a $600 voucher, can I use it for 2 $300 tickets, one for me and one for my companion?

Seabilly

I can't answer #1, but for 2, I recently purchased a non-refundable ticket and used my Diamond $200 cert. I had to cancel the flight due to my conference being cancelled.

The value of the ticket (which included the $200 cert) was placed in my account as a new certificate for the total amount of the ticket, minus $150 change fee. I would assume it would be the same by using VDB vouchers as both are treated as cash in your account when you purchase a ticket.

sorka

What are the Terms & Conditions of that new voucher? Can you combine that new voucher with another VDB voucher? Or does it say it cannot be combined?

here is my example: I book a flight of ~$120 and make it 'flexible' ('Flex option), so it cost me near $300, that I pay with my 1st VDB voucher. Then I cancel that ticket => Delta issues a new voucher (but does it have the combination limitation? that is my question?)

If i redo the same process with my 2nd $300 VDB. Now that I have 2 flights cancelled and got 2 certificated back into my account: can I combine those to buy a unique $600 ticket?

alben

Two days ago My wife, daughter, and I were traveling MSP - LAX - KOA - HNL on award tickets. The first segments were DL and the final segment was HA. The segment from LAX to KOA was very oversold. Delta was offering $400. I volunteered if they could put us on the next flight to HNL. The Delta GA said they would not offer me any comp because it was a more direct flight. Against my better judgement I accepted because I would arrive in HNL two hours earlier. I asked the GA if she would guarantee that our checked luggage would follow. She said yes. So we took the offer of going direct from LAX to HNL. Well our luggage did not arrive. Our luggage arrived 24 hours later to our hotel in HNL.

So is there any recourse for the inconvenience they caused me for no luggage for a day and the hassle of me having to track it down? Also it irritates me that they would not offer me any comp because I was on award tickets but they kept offering others $400, free hotels, and transportation.